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-------- Original Message -------- 636 NOUS42 KWNO 171557 ADMNFD SENIOR DUTY METEOROLOGIST NWS ADMINISTRATIVE MESSAGE NWS NCEP CENTRAL OPERATIONS CAMP SPRINGS MD 1555Z MON OCT 17 2011 NESDIS.. GOES-15 MANEUVER TOMORROW... Topic: GOES-15 West Drift Maneuver is scheduled for October 18, 2011 Date/Time Issued: October 17, 2011 1540 UTC Product(s) or Data Impacted: GOES-15 Imager and Sounder Test Data Date/Time of Initial Impact: October 18, 2011 0300 UTC Date/Time of Expected End: October 18, 2011 0324 UTC Length of Outage: See table in detail. Details/Specifics of Change: A GOES-15 West Drift Maneuver will be performed on Tuesday, October 18, 2011, at 0306 UTC. There is no backup for this maneuver. Please note: GOES-15 is scheduled to replace GOES-11 as the GOES-West operational spacecraft in December. Following the West Drift Maneuver, GOES-15 will begin a westward drift from 89.5 degrees West to 135 degrees West at a rate ~ 0.78 degrees/day. On October 18, 2011, the following exclusive schedule will be employed to support maneuver operations: GOES-15 West Drift Maneuver commanding begins at 0300 UTC on October 18, 2011. From 0300 UTC through 0323 UTC -- No GOES-15 scan operations. There will be no recovery schedule for this maneuver. 0324 UTC -- GOES-15 Routine Schedule Operations Resume. Current GOES-15 Data: ESPC Authorized Users of GOES data should currently have access to GOES-15 data via the SATESPDIST servers under the GCR server. GOES-15 GVAR non-operational data are currently being stored at NOAA's Comprehensive Large Array-Data Stewardship System (CLASS). Contact Information for Further Information: ESPC Operations at ESPCOperations@xxxxxxxx at 301-817-3880 Web Site(s) for applicable information: See http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/PS/SATS/messages.html for this and other satellite related messages. See http://www.ospo.noaa.gov/Operations/documents/notification.pdf for GOES-15 transition plan. See http://www.class.ncdc.noaa.gov/saa/products/welcome for Comprehensive Large Array-Data Stewardship System (CLASS). $$ SDM/NCO/NCEP
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